College-Level and Higher Education
Resources
:: Pre-Service Poster Session to be Held at Annual Conference!
We are thrilled to announce an undergraduate research poster session that
will take place at the MCTM Annual Conference on October 21. The MCTM
would like to reach out to pre-service teachers while they are still in
school and encourage them to become involved in the organization. To that
end, we have planned this poster session to encourage undergraduates to
showcase any excellent or unusual work they have done in their classes.
The work can be from Mathematics or Mathematics Education courses, and can
be anything from a particularly good final project for a course to an
independent study to original research.
To apply to participate in the session, students should fill out and
submit the application form below as soon as possible but no later than
October 1. Electronic applications are welcome, simply email the form to
hamman@hood.edu. We will notify both
students and supervising faculty
members of the status of their applications within one week of receiving
them. Guidelines for posters will accompany notification of acceptance to
the session.
For more information, please contact Kira Hamman at
hamman@hood.edu or
301-696-3982. We are very excited about this addition to the program for
our Annual Conference, and with your help we will be able to make it a
great experience for pre-service mathematics teachers in our state. We
look forward to hearing from you!
>> Download
Application (right-click and "save target as" to download)
:: Highly Qualified Teachers and Other Such Things!
The MCTM along with the Mathematics Education Club from Towson University
sponsored a presentation given by Dr. Francis (Skip) Fennell, President-Elect
of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) on April 27, 2005.
A full Professor from McDaniel College, and the first Marylander to be
elected to the Presidency of the NCTM, Skip spoke with educators and
pre-service teachers on "Highly Qualified Teachers and Other Stuff".
Mesmerizing an audience of nearly 200 he shared research, his "wonders",
and his worries about the need to prepare mathematics educators given No
Child Left Behind and the rigors of teaching. We thank Dr. Fennell for his
insights, energy, and dedication to mathematics education.
:: Classroom Resources
Convergence is a new
online magazine about teaching mathematics by using its history. The magazine,
published by the MAA, includes articles, reviews, problems, and classroom suggestions,
and allows subscribers to contribute to online discussions.
Check out the NCTM's
Higher Education home page for news, resources, and the Highlight of the
Month.
The Math Forum Teachers' Place
has resources for teaching math at all levels, Teacher2Teacher math-ed Q&A,
a newsletter, and more.
The
History of Mathematics Archive is a huge, wonderful web site devoted to
the history of mathematics. There are biographies, birthplace maps, a
list of mathematicians who were born or died on that day, and even a Famous
Curves Index.
The
Connected
Curriculum Project is a great source for interactive learning materials
for mathematics and its applications, from precalculus through advanced college
mathematics.
Demos with Positive Impact is "a project
to connect mathematics instructors with effective teaching tools." Mathematics
instructors around the country have submitted classroom demos -- some using
Java, some using other software, some using calculators, some requiring no technology
at all -- for precalculus, calculus, and postcalculus courses.
The MAA's Teaching and Learning
web site contains interesting columns and links to other teaching-related
sites.
:: Professional Development Opportunities
April 7 Frostburg State University Mathematics Symposium
Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD
For more information contact Karen Parks:
kparks@frostburg.edu
April 7-8 MAA Section Meeting (MD-DC-VA)
Loyola College (Baltimore, MD)
For more information: www.maa.org
MAA Professional Enhancement Program Workshops (PREP)
are held on college campuses each summer. Past workshop topics have
included "Active Learning Approaches to Teaching Mathematics Content Courses for
Elementary and Middle School Teachers" and "Mathematical Methods and Modeling
for Secondary Mathematics Teacher Education."
The MAA Preparing Mathematicians to Educate Teachers (PMET)
program sponsors workshops and minicourses at the elementary and secondary
level. The program also awards mini-grants to faculty for efforts to
improve the curriculum and individual courses for future K-12 teachers of
mathematics.
Project ACCCESS (Advancing
Community College Careers: Education, Scholarship, Service) is a new joint professional
development program of AMATYC and the MAA, for new or recently hired math faculty
at two-year colleges. Supported by a grant from the ExxonMobil Foundation, its
goal is to develop a cadre of faculty who are effective teachers and who engage
in a full range of professional activities in the mathematics community.
Math for America: Newton Fellowship Program for Prospective Math Teachers
- The Math for America Foundation (MfA) sponsors the Newton Fellowship
Program which seeks mathematically-talented individuals to become high school
math teachers in New York City. The five-year Fellowship provides an aggregate
stipend of $90,000 over five years, a full tuition scholarship for a Masters
level teaching program at one of MfA's Partner Universities, and ongoing support
mechanisms including mentoring and professional development. The application
deadline is February 4, 2005. Complete application requirements and
deadlines can be found at
www.mathforamerica.org.
MfA is a nonprofit organization with a mission to substantially improve the
quality of mathematics education in our country's public schools. MfA works with
teachers, school administrators and other stakeholders through a variety of
approaches to accomplish this important objective. MfA launched its first
initiative, the Newton Fellowship Program in 2004 with a group of thirteen
Fellows. MfA will award approximately 40 Fellowships in 2005. The Newton
Fellowship Program is designed to attract mathematically talented recent college
graduates and mid-career professionals into high school teaching. Candidates
must have a bachelor's degree with substantial coursework in mathematics and
should be able to demonstrate a strong interest in teaching. Applicants also
must be willing to commit to a five-year fellowship term in New York City.
Individuals who are currently teaching at K-12 level, are certified to teach or
have completed an education degree program are not eligible.
:: Mathematics Associations and Conferences
The
National Joint Mathematics Meetings will be held January 5-8 in Atlanta.
Invited and contributed talks, workshops, minicourses, and lots of fun.
The regional Section
of the Mathematical Association of America hosts two meetings each year, in the
fall and spring. The Spring 2005 meeting will be held at the University of
Virginia on April 1-2, 2005.
AMATYC, the American
Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges, is "the only organization
exclusively devoted to providing a national forum for the improvement of the
instruction of mathematics in the first two years of college."
:: Teacher Education
The Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics
of the MAA has just released its
CUPM Curriculum
Guide 2004. The new Guide includes recommendations for the entire college-level
mathematics curriculum, including courses intended for students preparing for
K-8 teaching.
The Mathematical Education
of Teachers, published in 2001 by the Conference Board of the Mathematical
Sciences, is an important, thought-provoking document.
The Carnegie Corporation issued an interesting report
in 2002 calling for a major overhaul of teacher education.
Teaching as a Clinical Profession: A New Challenge for Education calls for
teaching to be treated as a clinical profession like medicine, with its structured
training and residency programs.
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